Leonid Bershidsky: Why Putin won’t admit the truth about doping
Men walk in front of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) building in Moscow on July 20.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is changing his tune about the doping scandal that has engulfed Russian Olympic and paralympic athletes. As proof mounts that the use of performance-enhancing drugs is a state-sponsored system in Russia, Putin appears less and less willing to cooperate with international sports organizations and increasingly inclined to complain about political conspiracies against his country.
